London, Aug 6 : Monkeys, lemurs and apes may soon be extinct, say new figures.

According to the latest Red List of Threatened Species, around half of the world''s population of the fascinating primates is under threat of extinction – and the reason why their lives are stake is humans.

Monkeys, lemurs and apes are just some of the 300 types of primates on Earth who are in severe danger of disappearing if no action is taken to save them, the report stated.

Humans are destroying the lush tropical homes of these fascinating creatures and hunting them for food and the illegal wildlife trade, the report added.

London, Aug 6 : Besides carrying your make-up kit, pen, notepad and other accessories, the newly invented Power Purse can charge your mobile phone and other electronic gadgets – while you’re on the move.

The brainchild of Joe Hynek, a mechanical engineering student, the revolutionary ‘it bag’ is covered in solar panels.

The clutch uses solar panels to harness the sun’s rays, and convert them into electricity.

The power is transmitted to a USB port inside, allowing women to charge their electronic gadgets while on the move.

London, Aug 6 : In a breakthrough study, researchers have found a new potential antibiotic effective in combating 12 strains of deadly MRSA- the saliva of maggots.

The compound, capable of fighting deadly strains as well as C. diff and e. coli, comes from secretions of green bottle fly larvae.

The research team from Swansea University made the discovery after noting maggots help stop infection spreading, reports The Sun.

They hope the antibiotic, named Seraticin, can be developed into a jab or ointment to prevent thousands of deaths caused by superbugs.

London, Aug 6 : US presidential candidate Barak Obama celebrated his 47th birthday, yesterday, amid 850 friends and admirers in a fund rising bash in Boston.

London, Aug 6 : A couple literally took their love to new heights when they exchanged wedding wows standing on top of the wings of two planes, 1,000 feet above the ground.

Both the bride, Katie Hodgson, 23, and groom Darren McWalters, 24, were strapped to the top wings of two similar aeroplanes that flew alongside.

Rev George Bringham, who flew ahead on the wings of a third aircraft, married the couple, from Lancashire, via an airborne communications system.

However, the ceremony got delayed twice owing to bad weather. It was played through loud speakers throughout RFC Rendcomb Airfield, near Cirencester, Gloucestershire, to the congregation on the ground.

London, Aug. 6 : Most of the 171 hospitals that come under the purview of Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) are infested with rats, fleas, bed bugs and other forms of vermin.

This horrific data has emerged through a Conservatives query sought under Freedom of Information rules, reports the Daily Telegraph.

What is even more alarming is the fact that at least eight hospitals trusts have called in pest control officers more than 500 times to eradicate rats found in maternity wards, wasps and fleas in neo-natal units, bed bug infestations, flies in operating theatres and maggots found in patients'' slippers.